If Cloud computing represents a major shift for IT services and offers many advantages, among which the pooling of hosting and operating costs, it is also a source of new risks, especially as regards security issues, provider qualification, applicable law and transfer of data outside the EU. However, many national …

The principle of information exchange between Member States to allow cross-border prosecution of violators of certain traffic offences is not questioned. The focus of the ruling of 6 May 2014 is elsewhere. It repeals Directive 2011/82/EU, which contains the tool, on the grounds that it falls not so much under …

Preliminary rulings, made by the High Court (Ireland) and the Verfassungsgerichtshof (Austria), on the validity of the European Parliament and Council Directive 2006/24/EC of 15 March 2006 on the retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of services available to the public or of public communication …

Hungary, being blamed as the worst pupil of the European Union on protection of fundamental rights, in this case was condemned for failure by the European Court for infringement of Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of individuals with regard to processing of personal data and on the free circulation of …

The use of a tachograph being an obligation criminally sanctioned, the lack of declaration to the French National Commission for Information and Liberties (NCIL) of this personal data collection system does not make the information collected an illicit body of evidence regarding the actions of employees.

Le 19 septembre dernier, le géant du commerce en ligne Alibaba réalisait la plus grosse entrée en bourse de l’histoire. Son PDG, Jack Ma, avait choisi le New York Stock Exchange pour bien marquer les esprits et son entreprise fut à cette occasion valorisée à hauteur de 168 milliards de …

Le monde du football français s’est récemment félicité de la position de la FIFA visant à interdire la détention par des fonds privés de droits de transferts de certains joueurs. Des joueurs tels que Neymar, Falcao, James Rodriguez, Tevez et autres stars mondiales du ballon rond appartiennent ou ont appartenu …

The new European regulation on the control by customs authorities of intellectual property rights came into existence on the 12th June 2013 and applies in all Member States since the 1st January 2014. Long awaited, the new European regulation on the control by customs authorities of the respect for intellectual …

Antiques, art or collectables are not included in the tax base for the Solidarity Tax on Wealth (hereafter ISF in its French acronym – CGI (General Taxation Code), article 885 I). Vehicles that may benefit from this exoneration are defined by the French administration according to the same criteria as …

More precision on the tax on second car motor vehicles and in particular on the transitional regime in the event of a tax increase in order to take into account C02 emissions. Within the framework of a case on the compatibility of article 110 TFEU with the Dutch passenger vehicle …